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Old Irish
Etymology
From í (deictic particle) + siu (“this”).[1]
Pronunciation
Determiner
ísiu
- this (used after the noun, which is preceded by the definite article; emphatic)
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 77a15
Is dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanóin fris·gair lessóm a n‑imchomarc n-ísiu .i. ne occideris .i. in ⸉n‑í⸊írr-siu .i. non. .i. nís·n‑ulemairbfe ci asid·roilliset.- It is to the interrogation that is in the Scripture text that this interrogation answers with him, i.e. ne occideris i.e. will you sg slay i.e. non i.e. you will not slay them all although they have deserved it.
See also
Mutation
Mutation of ísiu
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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ísiu
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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n-ísiu
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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